Title | Black Girlhood Celebration: Toward a Hip-Hop Feminist Pedagogy |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Author | Brown, Ruth Nicole |
Number of Pages | 163 |
Publisher | Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York. |
City | New York, NY |
Publication Language | eng |
ISBN or ASIN Number | 1555 |
Keywords | Black Feminist, Black Girl, celebration, Feminist, Girlhood, Hip Hop Feminist, Pedagogy |
Copies at the Archive | 2 |
This book passionately illustrates why the celebration of Black girlhood is essential. Based on the principles and practices of a Black girl-centered program, it examines how performances of everyday Black girlhood are mediated by popular culture, personal truths, and lived experiences, and how the discussion and critique of these factors can be a great asset in the celebration of Black girls. Drawing on scholarship from womens studies, African American studies, and education, the book skillfully joins poetry, autobiographical vignettes, and keen observations into a wholehearted, participatory celebration of Black girls in a context of hip-hop feminism and critical pedagogy. Through humor, honesty, and disciplined research it argues that hip-hop is not only music, but also an effective way of working with Black girls. Black Girlhood Celebration recognizes the everyday work many young women of color are doing, outside of mainstream categories, to create social change by painting an unconventional picture of how complexand necessarythe goal of Black girl celebration can be.
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